Monthly Archives: January 2017

Welcome aboard the REEL BUSY and to our St. Lucie Inlet Fishing Report. It was tough fishing for most of January and not as much catching as we’d all like to see. The good news is the first major cold front of the year is pushing through.

Temperatures in the mid 40′s will have acres of sardines and threadfin herring moving into the Stuart Florida waters in the coming days. Sailfish, dolphin, kingfish and cobia won’t be far behind and we’re looking forward to a red hot bite this month.

Get hooked up with REEL BUSY CHARTERS or the other guys but get out there this February and catch some fish. Sailfish, dolphin and kingfish will be providing most of the action with cobia, wahoo and bonito in the mix. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne 772-341-6609 reelbusycharters.com

Welcome aboard the REEL BUSY and to our St. Lucie Inlet Fishing Report. The first couple weeks of January offered up some good days, some bad days and some days we’re just too ugly to fish.

The lack of cold fronts have kept the sardines and threadfins north of us and with little bait around to hold the fish they’re migrating through. On most days we caught a few dolphin and a sailfish or two, some days we’re a struggle to get a bite and some days the seas we’re just too ugly to fish.

The sailfish bite was red hot on the 11th and while we sat at the dock multiple boats had double digit releases. The sailfish we’re fired up and eating everything in sight as they migrated past Stuart. There’s always a few sailfish off the coast of Stuart but until the bait shows up the sailfish bite will continue to be hit and miss as they migrate south for the winter.

The Mahi bites been scattered about as well. Some days good, some days not so much. I guess that’s why they call it fishing. On most days we caught a few Mahi from 5 to 15 pounds and you can expect good to excellent Mahi fishing in the coming weeks.

Sailfish and Mahi are the main attraction this time of year and we’ll also be catching Kingfish, wahoo and tuna. Give us a call and we’ll do our best to keep you busy catching fish. Capt. Wayne 772-341-6609 reelbusycharters.com